Bay

body of water connected to an ocean or lake, formed by an indentation of the shoreline
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A bay is a large body of water in the land next to a sea or lake between two headlands.[1] The waves coming to the shore in a bay are usually constructive waves, and because of this, many of them have a beach. A bay may be metres across, or it could be hundreds of kilometres across.[2] A bay often contains beaches.

The bay at Castletown, Isle of Man.

Bays form where weak rocks, such as sands and clays, are eroded, leaving bands of stronger rocks, such as chalk, limestone, or granite, forming a headland, or peninsula. Bays are formed when there are parallel sections of softer and harder rock perpendicular to the coast.

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  1. "Definition of BAY". Merriam-Webster. Archived from the original on March 21, 2017. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
  2. "bay". Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House, Inc. Archived from the original on March 22, 2017. Retrieved March 21, 2017.